Wheel-guard



(N0 MOdGL) A. B. COLE.

WHEEL GUARD.

No. 325,821. Patented Sept. 8, 1885.

IN'VENTOR Q U? ATTORNEYS.

WITNESSES N. PETERS, Phmn-Llthognphcr, Wnhin lon, DC.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALMA BLOOMA COLE, OF KINGSTON, ILLINOIS.

WHEEL-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,821, dated September 8, 1885.

Application filed Jnly10,li-'85. i\'o model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALMA B. COLE, of Kingston, De Kalb county, Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Wheel Guard, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of myinvention is to provide a new and improved wheel-guard for the purpose, of preventing personsbeing run over and 'killed or mutilated by the wheels of street or bent ends bolts are passed into the bottom of the car 0 for holding theguard on the car, the bottom edges of the guard being a short distance above the rails H. The top edges of the guard are curved downward and toward the rear.

The frame of the guard is covered wit sheet-metal E, riveted on the frame.

The .guard is directly in front of the wheel F, and surrounds part of the same.

In case a person falls on the tracks and any part of the body rests upon the rails, it will be struck bythe guard before the wheel F can run over it, and is pushed to one side.

The guard is very light and strong, and can easily be attached to any car.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A wheel-guard consisting of the metal frame A, having its top curved down toward the sheet-metal covering E, substantially as herein shownand described.

ALMA BLOOMA COLE. Witnesses:

AARON H. CLARK, PHrLIr HEOKMAN.

rear, the upwardly-projecting bars B, and the 

